I think it's true to say that practices like this were commonplace five
years ago when many of these examples were written - they are still
commonplace today, but no longer regarded as good practice. 

Michael Kay
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joris Gillis [mailto:roac@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 13 September 2005 13:58
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  First character in a word as capital-letter.
> 
> Tempore 14:43:38, die 09/13/2005 AD, hinc in 
> xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Michael Kay 
> <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > I too have become a great believer in CSS.
> 
> I'm glad to hear that. You nearly gave me a heart attack when 
> I encoutered the following code in your - in all other 
> aspects excellent -  XSLT 2.0 book (3rd edition):
> 
> <xsl:variable name="table-heading">
> 	<tr>
> 		<td><b>Date</b></td>
> 		<td><b>Home Team</b></td>
> 		<td><b>Away Team</b></td>
> 		<td><b>Result</b></td>
> 	</tr>
> </xsl:variable>
> (p. 248)
> 
> The output produced with the "Numbering the lines of a poem" 
> example (p.371) isn't really orthodox either.
> 
> food for (4rd edition)?
> 
> regards,
> -- 
> Joris Gillis (http://users.telenet.be/root-jg/me.html)
> <Et ipsa scientia potestas est>  - Francis Bacon , Meditationes sacrae